(The Daily Signal) Can Barronelle Stutzman, a Christian, run her flower shop in keeping with her faith?
The Supreme Court—with determinative votes cast by Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and Justice Brett Kavanaugh—has effectively decided she cannot.
“My faith is a part of every aspect of my life,” Stutzman said in a sworn statement presented seven years ago in a Washington state court. “I believe that God requires me to apply my faith in all that I do whether that is in my personal life or my business.”
“In the mid-1970s, I began learning the art of floral design and creation at my mother’s floral shop in Connell,” she said. “In 1989, my mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. So I purchased the business from my mom in 1996 and became the sole owner of Arlene’s Flowers, where I continue to design floral arrangements.”